To eject matter from the stomach through the mouth; to expel forcefully.
From Latin vomitus, past participle of vomere (to vomit), which is closely related to mittere through the Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'to send forth.' The Latin vomere literally meant 'to send forth from the stomach,' showing the connection to mittere's core meaning of sending or expelling something outward.
While 'vomit' might seem unrelated to words like 'transmit' and 'permit,' they all share the fundamental concept of sending something from one place to another. Vomit is simply your body's way of sending unwanted contents OUT — it's the most dramatic member of the mittere family!
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